Whitehall City Council votes against investigating its police division

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) – It was standing room only Tuesday night at City Hall as Whitehall City Council voted 6-1 to not investigate its Division of Police.

Brian Steel, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge, has been calling for an investigation since June, when he said a union representative was unfairly fired after asking Mayor Michael Bivens for help addressing what he called a toxic work environment under Chief Mike Crispen. Last week, a second union officer who...